LEADER 04274nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910779007803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1299191711 010 $a0816521212 035 $a(CKB)2550000000101422 035 $a(OCoLC)797834449 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10563892 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000655152 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11940438 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000655152 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10595974 035 $a(PQKB)10406620 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3411756 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse19878 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3411756 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10563892 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL450421 035 $a(OCoLC)923438263 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000101422 100 $a20090820d2010 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCrossing with the Virgin$b[electronic resource] $estories from the migrant trail /$fKathryn Ferguson, Norma A. Price, and Ted Parks ; with forewords by Claudia Aburto Guzma?n and John M. Fife 210 $aTucson $cUniversity of Arizona Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (239 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 1 $a0816528543 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aForeword - Claudia Aburto Guzmán -- Foreword - Rev. John M. Fife -- Discovering the Migrant Trail -- Stories from the Migrant Trail -- Norma -- Ted -- Kathryn -- Ted -- Norma -- Kathryn -- Norma -- Ted -- Homage - Kathryn -- Epilogue 330 $a"Over the past ten years, more than 4,000 people have died while crossing the Arizona desert to find jobs, join families, or start new lives. Other migrants tell of the corpses they pass--bodies that are never recovered or counted. Crossing With the Virgin collects stories heard from migrants about these treacherous treks--firsthand accounts told to volunteers for the Samaritans, a humanitarian group that seeks to prevent such unnecessary deaths by providing these travelers with medical aid, water, and food. Other books have dealt with border crossing; this is the first to share stories of immigrant suffering at its worst told by migrants encountered on desert trails. The Samaritans write about their encounters to show what takes place on a daily basis along the border: confrontations with Border Patrol agents at checkpoints reminiscent of wartime; children who die in their parents' desperate bid to reunite families; migrants terrorized by bandits; and hovering ghost-like above nearly every crossing, the ever-present threat of death. These thirty-nine stories are about the migrants, but they also tell how each individual author became involved with this work. As such, they offer not only a window into the migrants' plight but also a look at the challenges faced by volunteers in sometimes compromising situations--and at their own humanizing process. Crossing With the Virgin raises important questions about underlying assumptions and basic operations of border enforcement, helping readers see past political positions to view migrants as human beings. It will touch your heart as surely as it reassures you that there are people who still care about their fellow man."- from eBook Central 606 $aNoncitizens$zMexican-American Border Region 606 $aHumanitarian assistance$zMexican-American Border Region 606 $aBorder crossing$zMexican-American Border Region 606 $aIllegal immigration$zMexican-American Border Region 607 $aUnited States$xEmigration and immigration$xSocial aspects 607 $aMexico$xEmigration and immigration$xSocial aspects 615 0$aNoncitizens 615 0$aHumanitarian assistance 615 0$aBorder crossing 615 0$aIllegal immigration 676 $a304.8/730720922 700 $aFerguson$b Kathryn$01584682 701 $aPrice$b Norma A.$f1942-$01584683 701 $aParks$b Ted$f1955-$01584684 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779007803321 996 $aCrossing with the Virgin$93868623 997 $aUNINA 999 $p$63.00$u04/13/2016$5Soc